Overview

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Starting with the installation of 11 bicycle (and pedestrian) counters in a number of counties in Scotland, and predominantly west, central Scotland, from June 2017 and through to Aug 2020, when the 63rd counter was installed in Fort William in the Highlands … and up to the end of Jul 2021 …

Bicycle & Pedestrian Counts

Counter Locations

Counter Data Summaries

Total count per year
traffic mode 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 total
bicycle 121,410 334,577 1,079,064 2,061,402 1,118,413 4,714,866
pedestrian 321,198 910,552 3,711,360 7,784,947 7,221,640 19,949,697
Average count by hour
traffic mode 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
bicycle 10 6 13 24 22
pedestrian 28 17 45 90 140
Average count by day (across counters)
traffic mode 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
bicycle 42 29 53 96 87
pedestrian 110 84 179 360 559

 
As at end Jul 2021 just over 4.7m bikes and nearly 20m pedestrians had been recorded going past all counters. Average count per day dropped in 2018 for both types of counters before starting to rise again. Looking at counts overall, cycling peaked in May 2020, two months after the first COVID-19 lockdown was imposed, then continued to drop after plateauing over the summer. Despite further restrictions in 2021 cycling dropped overall. Walking, overall, however continued to rise in 2021. But even this started to decrease in April, and by June had dropped below the same month in 2020. However, both cycling and walking started to rise again in Jul 2021, both over the 2020 figures.

Cycling through the Week

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Cycling – Changes through the Week

Change over Time – Cycling through the Week

Cycling through the Year

Comparing total count for each location against averages per hour through the day… this gets more interesting looking at the data month on month, as we can see how cycling changes through the full period for which counters were installed and working.

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Average Monthly Count

Monthly Totals

Variation across Locations

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By Year

By Month

As the Seasons Change

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Monthly Counts per Location

Lerwick – Change through the Seasons

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Lerwick – Change through the Seasons

Stirling, Bridge of Allan & the Cycle Scheme

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Stirling, Bridge of Allan & the Cycle Scheme

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A summary sheet may be downloaded – cycle_counters_info_cards.pdf Counter data may be accessed via ...